TAYLOR, WILLIAM, was born in Bath county, Kentucky, married there to Mrs. Patrick, and brought his family to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in 1835 in what is now Cotton Hill township. His son--
EDWARD, born in Bath county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to a daughter of Isaac Martin, who was a brother to Abraham Martin. His daughter, MELISSA, born in Sangamon county, Jan. 8, 1845, married Sept. 27, 1866, to John W. Wigginton, who was born Jan. 12, 1835, in Trimble county, Kentucky, and came to Sangamon county in 1866. They reside at Breckenridge Sangamon county, Illnois.